SNG 7

Song of Solomon 7:4

WEB

Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

BSB

Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.

KJV

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

Hebrew interlinear

H6677

צַוָּארtsavvâʼr/tsav-vawr'/

n-m — neck, bound

Derivation: or צַוָּר; (Nehemiah 3:5), or צַוָּרֹן; (Song of Solomon 4:9), or (feminine) צַוָּארָה; (Micah 2:3), intensively from 6696 in the sense of binding;

the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)

KJV: neck.

צַוָּאר

n.m — neck

צַוָּאר n.m. neck, back of neck

צַוָּרוֹן

n.[m.]pl — necklace

[צַוָּרוֹן] n.[m.]pl. necklace;—sf. Ct 4:9.

H4026

מִגְדָּלmigdâl/mig-dawl'/

n-m — tower, rostrum, bed of flowers

Derivation: also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from 1431;

a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers

KJV: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.

מִגְדָּל

n.m — tower

מִגְדָּל n.m. tower

1. tower

2. elevated stage, pulpit of wood

3. raised bed

H8127

שֵׁןshên/shane/

n-f — tooth, sharp, ivory, cliff

Derivation: from 8150; compare 8143

a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff

KJV: crag, × forefront, ivory, × sharp, tooth.

שֵׁן

n.f — tooth

שֵׁן n.f. tooth, ivory

H5869

עַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/

n-f — eye, fountain, eye

Derivation: probably a primitive word;

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

KJV: affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance, displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), × him, humble, knowledge, look, ( well), × me, open(-ly), (not) please, presence, regard, resemblance, sight, × thee, × them, think, × us, well, × you(-rselves).

עַ֫יִן

n.f — spring

עַ֫יִן n.f. spring (of water). Particular springs are:

a. ע׳ חֲרֹר Ju 7:1

b. ע׳ הַקּוֹרֵא (partridge-spring) Ju 15:19

c. ע׳ רֹגֵל near Jerus.

d. ע׳ הַתַּנִּין (dragon-spring)

עַ֫יִן

n.f — eye

עַ֫יִן 859 n.f. eye

1. lit. as physical organ

2.

a. eyes as showing mental qualities

b. desire of the eyes, abominations of the eyes

3. Fig. of mental and physical faculties, acts and states

2. Transferred mngs.:

a. visible surface of earth

b. appearance

c. gleam, sparkle

5. Other phrases are: an eye for an eye; eye to eye; in the presence of, in full view of; of business transaction; on the forehead

H1295

בְּרֵכָהbᵉrêkâh/ber-ay-kaw'/

n-f — reservoir, kneel

Derivation: from 1288;

a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)

KJV: (fish-) pool.

בְּרֵכָה

n.f — pool

בְּרֵכָה n.f. pool, pond

H2809

חֶשְׁבּוֹןCheshbôwn/khesh-bone'/

n-pr-loc — Cheshbon

Derivation: the same as 2808;

Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan

KJV: Heshbon.

חֶשְׁבּוֹן

n.pr.loc — Heshbon

חֶשְׁבּוֹן n.pr.loc. of the city of Sihon king of the Amorites

H5921

עַלʻal/al/

prep — above, over, upon, against

Derivation: properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

KJV: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, × as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, × both and, by (reason of), × had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, × with.

כִּי עַל כֵּן

forasmuch as

כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as

עַל

subst — above

עַל, עָ֑ל

I. subst. height

II. As prep. upon, and hence on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed

a.

(a). of clothing, etc., which any one wears

(b). With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it

b. Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him

c. Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him

d. על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him

e. חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)

f. Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is done

2. It expresses excess

3. It denotes elevation or pre-eminence

4. It expresses addition

5. It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over

6. From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)

7. In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)

8. By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative

9. With other particles:

III. As conj.

a. עַל אֲשֶׁר because that

b. עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent

c. עַל alone:

(a). because

(b). notwithstanding that, although

IV. Compounds:

1. with כְּ (rare and late)

a. as concerning, as upon

b. the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay

2. מֵעַל from upon, from over, from by

H8179

שַׁעַרshaʻar/shah'-ar/

n-m — opening, door, gate

Derivation: from 8176 in its original sense;

an opening, i.e. door or gate

KJV: city, door, gate, port (× -er).

שַׁ֫עַר

n.m — gate

שַׁ֫עַר 373 n.m. gate

H1337

בַּת רַבִּיםBath Rabbîym/bath rab-beem'/

n-pr-loc — daughter, of Rabbah

Derivation: from 1323 and a masculine plural from 7227;

the daughter (i.e. city) of Rabbah

KJV: Bath-rabbim.

בַּת־רַבִּים

n.pr.loc — Bath-rabbim

בַּת־רַבִּים n.pr.loc. (daughter of multitudes) appellation of populous city of Heshbon, or of its gate, Ct 7:5

H639

אַףʼaph/af/

n-m — nose, nostril, face, person, ire

Derivation: from 599;

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

KJV: anger(-gry), before, countenance, face, forebearing, forehead, (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, × worthy, wrath.

אַף

n.m — nostril

אַף 277 n.m. nostril, nose, face, anger

1. nostril, as organ of breathing

2. Dn. face

3. mostly anger

H3844

לְבָנוֹןLᵉbânôwn/leb-aw-nohn'/

n-pr-loc — Lebanon

Derivation: from 3825; (the) white mountain (from its snow);

Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine

KJV: Lebanon.

לְבָנוֹן

n.pr.mont — Lebanon

לְבָנוֹן 71 n.pr.mont. Lebanon

H6822

צָפָהtsâphâh/tsaw-faw'/

v — lean, peer, observe, await

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await

KJV: behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).

צָפָה

vb — look out

[צָפָה] 37 vb. look out or about, spy, keep watch

Qal 28 keep watch; elsewh. as subst. watchman

Pi. watch (closely); pt. as n. = watchman

H6440

פָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/

n-m — face, before

Derivation: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from 6437);

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

KJV: accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through ( -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.

פָּנֶה

n.m — face

[פָּנֶה], pl. פָּנִים 2123 n.m. face, also faces

I.

1. face, faces

2.

a. presence, person

b. technically, see one's face, i.e. appear before one, in one's presence

3. face of seraphim

4. face of animals

5. face (= surface) of ground

6. as adv.loc. before

7. for other phrases

II. with prepositions

H1834

דַּמֶּשֶׂקDammeseq/dam-meh'-sek/

n-pr-loc — Damascus

Derivation: or דּוּמֶשֶׂק; or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק; of foreign origin;

Damascus, a city of Syria

KJV: Damascus.

דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק

n.pr.loc — Damascus

דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק n.pr.loc. Damascus

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